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2.2.9

Creating a Storage Configuration

You can configure RAID drive groups and virtual drives to create storage

configurations on systems with LSI SAS controllers.

To create a storage configuration:

1.

In the

VD Mgmt

screen, navigate to the controller and press the <F2> key.

2.

Press <Enter>. The

Create New VD

screen appears.

You can use the

Create New VD

dialog to create virtual drives for Unconfigured

Good drives. To create virtual drives for existing drive groups, navigate to a

drive group and press the <F2> key to view the

Add VD in Drive Group

dialog.

The fields in the

Add VD in Drive Group

dialog are the same as in the

Create

New VD

dialog.

3.

Select a RAID level for the drive group from the

RAID Level

field.

4.

All the available unconfigured good drives appear in the

Drives

box. Select

the physical drives that you prefer.

5.

You can enter a size less than the maximum size of the drive group, if you

want to create other virtual drives on the same drive group. The maximum

size of the drive group appears in the

Size

field. Before entering a size,

ensure that you have deleted the previous default value by using the

<Backspace> key.

6.

Enter a name for the virtual drive in the

Name

field. The name given to the

virtual drive cannot exceed 15 characters.

7.

Press

OK.

Press

Advanced

to set additional properties. For more information, see the

Selecting Additional Virtual Drive Properties

section.

Section	Page
Contents	3
About this guide	5
PIKE II 3108 Series specifications summary	7
Chapter 1: Product Introduction	9
1.1 Welcome!	10
1.2 Package contents	10
1.3 Card layout	11
1.3.1 Switch settings	12
1.4 System requirements	13
1.5 Card installation	14
Chapter 2: RAID Configuration	15
2.1 Setting up RAID	16
2.1.1 RAID definitions	16
2.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	17
2.2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility	17
2.2.1 Starting the MegaRAID Configuration Utility	18
2.2.2 MegaRAID Configuration Utility	19
2.2.3 VD Mgmt Menu	21
2.2.4 PD Mgmt Menu	22
2.2.5 Ctrl Mgmt Menu	23
2.2.6 Properties Menu	24
2.2.7 Foreign View Menu	25
2.2.8 Managing Software Licensing	26
2.2.9 Creating a Storage Configuration	27
2.2.10 Selecting Additional Virtual Drive Properties	28
2.2.11 Modifying Controller Properties	31
2.2.12 Viewing and Changing Virtual Drive Properties	34
2.2.13 Deleting a Virtual Drive	34
2.2.14 Deleting a Virtual Drive Group	35
2.2.15 Initializing a Virtual Drive	35
2.2.16 Running a Consistency Check	36
2.3 MegaRAID Storage Manager	37
2.3.1 Hardware and Software Requirements	37
2.3.2 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on Microsoft Windows OS	37
2.3.3 Installing MegaRAID Storage Manager Software for Linux	41
2.3.4 Linux Error Messages	42
2.3.5 Starting the MegaRAID Storage Manager Software	43
2.3.6 MegaRAID Storage Manager Window	45
Chapter 3: Driver Installation	49
3.1 RAID driver installation	50
3.1.1 Windows® Server 2012 R2 OS	50
3.1.2 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 7.0	52
3.1.3 SUSE Linux OS 12	54

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